Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Low Rough Aster

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Eurybia radula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Low Rough Aster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Calomyscidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Calomyscus	Eurybia
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Eurybia radula

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Low Rough Aster

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Low Rough Aster
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Low Rough Aster

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, and United States.